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Wednesday had to be the quietest National Signing Day of Lance Leipold’s career.
The UB football coach announced only two signees to his program, an offensive lineman and a safety. But the low-stress day was a welcome change to the once-hectic event, which was made calmer thanks to the NCAA’s new early signing period just before Christmas.
Leipold wasn’t hit with sur…

Annually on the first Wednesday of February, National Signing Day proves to become a major spectacle for high school student-athletes revealing their college destinations. But that's just the start.
The Big 4 Division I colleges, as well as the area's Division III schools, continue to vie for the remaining talent through the end of March and beyond, as paperwork -- like t…